| Most important, the MVR is governed not by institutional rules, but by the personal predominance of a charismatic caudillo. |
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| Borges was deep down an old-fashioned liberal, however, who despised the Spanish-American tradition of the caudillo and its vulgar populism. |
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| Fox relied heavily on the strength of his personal image as a caudillo, which is by no means a new phenomenon in Mexican politics. |
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| No leader of any underdeveloped country of any size has been a world figure as long as the Cuban caudillo. |
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| History will reserve a harsh verdict for those 'leftists' who promote one or another left-talking capitalist caudillo. |
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| This prosperity also strengthened the local caudillo, Santiago Vidaurri, who dominated the Northeast of Mexico from 1855 to the end of the French occupation. |
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| In Argentina, not all presidents have been caudillos, but the democratic ones have never effectively countered the caudillo tradition. |
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| On the back they were led by the solid play of their captain, the caudillo and a veritable Wall of China, Lugano. |
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| Local strongmen began the long and costly caudillo tradition, whereby charismatic and often militarily capable leaders came to dominate their societies intra-élite squabbling for power. |
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| It elevates one individual, a caudillo, to supreme leadership, often with demi-god status. |
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| The junta and the caudillo are, however, unique cultural and political forms of government that are in need of further comparative analysis. |
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| I know of no better insight into the inner workings of the caudillo regime, of the egomaniacal ruthless dictator sustained by a repressive state apparatus and compliant media. |
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